The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05

The door swung open, and Mrs. Clith-
era handsome woman OF forty summers,
giided into the r,0m and turned to close
the door. At that moment hand was
placed on her shoulder, and harsh voice
cried.
Where is all the money you have
siolenlr
With distended eyes she turned to look
at her ancuser. ''oh, my God f she cried,
Il am lost. Oh. have mercy, sir-Iwill
neFer steal another cent. Oh, / shall die
-ch-oh.' and then broke into the most
ag0nizing sobs.
Stop that. . snapped the polite mind
: reader, aud explain yourself. Who are
your
.ssir, am Mrs. Clithers, and l have
IS much right in this Office as my hus-
band. am not afraid that he will arrest
me; my fear IS Of his knowing it. Oh,
sir. is there not some way Of hiding this
from himi promise solemnly never TO
takeany more money in this way
.iHumph,r remarked CARDINAL, look
ing at her composedly; $50 YOU are his
wife. So you don't want him to know.
Very natural. OF course: but hard to do
No, don't want money. Who do you
think ] amin
"A detective, suppose"
NO, q mind-reader. Don't be afraid, -
with an amused smile; '-yonr secrets are
safe from me. II you give me q little
assistance, / shall be mum about this af-
fair. In the frst place, want you 10
doail in your power 10 induce your so
cicty friends to attend a mind-reading
sranoe your husband win tell you Of. In
/ the second place, want you to send by
irail 70 this address. tonight, II posi-
bic. rough plan, drawn on paper, Of
your house. and also indicate the recepta-
cles that hold, say dozen valuable arti-
cles, and theiT locaiion-such as jewelry
or silverWare. etc You wonder al such
q request It Is in order that may APP
pear familiar with the inside of your
house At the seance, and thus insure its
T tongue, and am dumb OF course YOU
will be sure TO be present at my exhibit
I ton TO indorse the accuracy of my mind
reading Is it agreed.
4 1t was evident that she doubted him.
such an extraordinary request. But,
then, the shame-the bitter shame.
81 will do it; only don't play me
false
And as he smiled in satisfaction she
slipped from the room. He looked at
bis watch; the ten minutes was nearly
up. So he settled himself in the chair,
and with dreamy look in his ewes and
mysterious smile, Mr.. Clithers found
Z him on his return
Il thank you for your courtesy he
said, on taking his leave 81 have forged
the first link Of the mental chain that
T will bind your thief. Send thst list you
spoke Of to my hotel-the Palacc-and
don't fail 10 turn up at my seance."
And so it happened that evening that
two letters addressed 10 Mr.. CARDINAL
were sent from Mr.. Clithers's house.
There was quite crush on the event
/ full evening at the Bijou Hall, which :he
mind reader had secured for his seance.
Mrs. Clithers evidently had not failed to
keep her promise. Her husband, too,
had exered himself to secure large at
4 TENDANCE Of the elite of society. The
ladies' tongues were busy discussing from
every conceivable point Of view the new
creed Of reading the mind of man.
At S O'Clock precisely, Mr. CARDINAL
stepped on the platform. He had made
since his arrival, so he was pretty well
known. After few words Of introduce
iion, in which he humbly stated that he
was as yet but an amateur. he begged the
audience to choose committee of two
70 assist him n his demonstrations A
dozen offered themselves. but finally,
after much discussion, society youth,
fearfully and wonderfully vain and pomp-
Gus, and Mr. Clithers, were chosen TO
represent the audience. When the latter
was chosen, a gratified smile wreathed |
Mr. CARDINALS face, but at the sight of /
the dudish youth he appeared almost dis
gnsied.
.sThis is really too bad, +" whispered he
TO Mr.. Cathers, when the committee !
were on the platform; he has no mind;
! cannot read vacuum; do-dO let me |
use yoa as medium. Just make the
youth fetch and carry And he winked |
solemniy at Mr. Clithers, who was evil
IDENTIFY fattercd at this evidence that he
had mind at all The first test was the
hiding Of a gold watch by Mr. Clithers-
the mind-rcader and youth retiring.
Now, when they both emerged Mr. Cardi-
nall seemed 10 change his mind about
the brains OF the youth, for he asked him
II he knew where the watch was hid.
The youth answered Yes, having watched
through e small crack in the door Then
the mind reader said: Il will find it
through YOU Immediately both turned
their footsteps toward one of the win
dow-sills, and stopped at it. There was
the watch But whether the mind
reader led the youth, or the youth the
reader, was more than the audience
cnnld determine However, this success
elected the greatest applause.
CARDINAL then requested some one in
the audience 20 hide an article, and he
would find it. As he spoke he fixed his
eyes on Mrs. Clithers She read that
look 1T once. and conquering her dislike,
stood up and said she would hide some
thing. lie bowed and apologized. and
retired She went 10 the stage and laid
the article at the right hand corner on
The floor II was a common pin. The
mind reader appeared blindfolded, as
usual, and stepping down from the stage,
took her hand in his. "Where is it ~
he whispered, as he bowed. She told him.
After few maneuvTes, indicating uncer-
iainty, he rushed to the spot, and picked
up the article triumphantly.
The rest Of the exhibition consisted en-
tirely Of a description of the inside of Mr..
Clifbers's house. having asked that gen
tleman TO say TO the audience that the
mind reader had never been inside the
house, he proceeded to make minute
statement OF the location OF nearly every
article Of value Mr.. Clithers possessed.
The latter was perfectly astouaded.
There could be no denying the gift of
this man. He declared that Mr. Clithers
was the best subject he had ever operated
on. adding tina; he had a remarkable
brain cell organism. In fact, he had Mr.
Clithers blushing with pleasure and the
audience in high good humor, when the
iown-cloek struck eleven lie was apol-
ogizing for the lateness of the hour, when
a sudden hustle became manifest at the
door Of the hall Some one was trying
to force an entrance. the ushers interpos-
iuo 4 harsh srrf1T voice said somefhinrr